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Period Four: Virtual Space Mission
Let's learn about gravity! with Dr. Mukai!
There is no gravity in space itself, but spaceships contain air, and the resistance of this air creates an extremely low level of gravity inside the spaceships--about one thousandth to one millionth of that found on Earth. This gravity is so slight that astronauts do not feel it.

In the gravity-less environment of space, various extraordinary phenomena that cannot be imagined on Earth occur. Let's look at some of these phenomena:

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